Welcome to the Annual Testimonial Dinner Honour Roll 2025

Please see below for all relevant event information, including agenda, speakers and participant lists.

If you have any questions throughout the event, please find a PPF Staff Member at the Registration desk.

FIND YOUR SEAT

Table Numbers will be assigned upon check in at the registration desk 

Agenda

5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Registration and Networking Reception                                                                                                            

6:00 - 6:15 p.m.

Opening Remarks and National Anthem

6:15 - 7:00 p.m.

Awards Ceremony

7:00 - 7:50 p.m.

Dinner

7:50 - 9:00 p.m.

Awards Ceremony

9:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Dessert Station and Reception

Host

Amanda Lang
Full Name
Amanda Lang
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Indigenous Welcome

Chief Claire Sault
Full Name
Chief Claire Sault
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National Anthem Singer

Natalie Morris
Full Name
Natalie Morris
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Honourees

Elizabeth Dowdeswell
Full Name
Elizabeth Dowdeswell
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Anil Arora
Full Name
Anil Arora
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Chief Crystal Smith
Full Name
Chief Crystal Smith
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Marc-André Blanchard
Full Name
Marc-André Blanchard
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Steve Paikin
Full Name
Steve Paikin
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Alfred Burgesson
Full Name
Alfred Burgesson
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Sponsors

AGNICO EAGLE

TD BANK GROUP

POWER CORPORATION OF CANADA

TECK RESOURCES

NATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS

POLITICO

CANADA'S FOREST TRUST CORPORATION

Participants

Only attendees who have checked in at registration will populate in the list below

Ruhee Ismail-Teja
Vice President, Policy and External Affairs
Calgary Chamber of Commerce
Devin Iversen
Director, External Affairs Canada
Enbridge
Inez Jabalpurwala
President & CEO
Public Policy Forum
Larry Jacobs
Associate Dean, Windsor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Schulich
Sayyidah Jaffer
Intern
Ontario Legislature Internship Programme
Anna Jahn
Senior Director, Public Policy and Inclusion
Mila - Quebec AI Institute
Laura Jamer
Board Member
Strides Toronto
Nadina Jamison
Chief Strategy Officer, U of T
University of Toronto
Mike Jancik
Director of the Future of Canada Centre
Deloitte
James Janeiro
Director of Policy and Government Relations
Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence, a program of the Azrieli Foundation
Nicole Janssen
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
AltaML
Gabriel Jean-Simon
Politique commerciale / Trade Policy
Affaires mondiales Canada / Global Affairs Canada

Past Honourees